John Witherspoon and Slavery: Ideology versus Praxis
This article reassesses the life and legacy of John Knox Witherspoon on the basis of his relationship to slavery. It argues that Witherspoon's ideological commitment to Presbyterianism came into constant tension with the realities of slavery both in his native Scotland and in the burgeoning Ame...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Sage Publ.
2024
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Theology today
Έτος: 2024, Τόμος: 80, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 383-394 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | KAH Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 1648-1913, Νεότερη Εποχή KBF Βρετανικές Νήσοι KBQ Βόρεια Αμερική KDD Ευαγγελική Εκκλησία NBE Ανθρωπολογία NCA Ηθική |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
African American history
B Slavery B colonial America B Higher Education B Scotland B Christianity |
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| Σύνοψη: | This article reassesses the life and legacy of John Knox Witherspoon on the basis of his relationship to slavery. It argues that Witherspoon's ideological commitment to Presbyterianism came into constant tension with the realities of slavery both in his native Scotland and in the burgeoning American colony he eventually called home. Three snapshots in Witherspoon's life encapsulate this tension: his interaction with Jamie Montgomery, an enslaved man whom Witherspoon baptized in Scotland; his contributions to the scheme to train two free African Americans—John Quamine and Bristol Yamma—for their mission to Africa; and his tutoring of John Chavis, a free Black man from Virginia, at the same time he held property in slaves. Most accounts of Witherspoon's life fail to interrogate these snapshots and so fail to grasp a nuanced portrait of the imminent figure. This article parses through his unequal treatment of the African Americans he taught and the African Americans he enslaved to deliver a new reading of Witherspoon. This reading, in turn, maps onto a broader reconsideration of the founding principles of the early United States. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00405736231207552 |